racism incidents

Paul LePage Tells John Lewis He Should 'Thank Lincoln For His Freedom' This is the same guy who said, “Let me tell you something: Black people come up the highway and they kill Mainers. He agreed with Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster, that there was evidence of voter fraud...

I have split this thread off from a thread in the US Election section, where a picture of some dummies hanging in the yard of a possible Trump supporter evolved into a discussion of the cultural significance of hanging effigies in trees in America and in other countries. As splitting threads...

Gunman kills nine people in South Carolina church shooting

Full story at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/05/20/google-maps-white-house-racial-slur-president-obama/27640023/ Note: I literally just tried it Google Maps on my Moto X here in NE Florida, and... yeah it worked. I know I'm sure my address search history has gotten me on...

From the wait, what? C'mon! Files. Link

Anthony of 'Opie and Anthony' Fame Fired For Twitter Rant So, I wonder if the "Duck Dynasty" wing of the Free Speecher Brigade of Conservative Real 'Murricans will defend this radio host? Where's that popcorn?

http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/26/donald-sterling-clippers-owner-black-people-racist-audio-magic-johnson/ I love living in a post-racial society, don't you?

We've had another case of a racist rant caught on camera, this time the person doing it claimed to be an Aboriginal Australian... http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/police-charge-rebecca-blessington-over-racist-rant-on-sydney-train/story-fni0cx12-1226891868970 If she is as she claims...

21 years ago a 18 year old black man named Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack London (wiki). The case became, and still is, a cause célèbre and had spawned a number of enquiries into the London Metropolitan Police, it's attitude to crime involving non-whites, it's incompetence and...

This is a really strange case. A man claims his mother died because the EMT refused to give her CPR because she was black. So they go in to talk this over with an investigator, and the investigator started out by insulting the son. Then he followed this up by telling Mullins that his...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farright-bnp-wish-members-a-white-christmas-in-racist-looking-greetings-card-9022775.html I'm pretty sure they don't mean the weather...

http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/nyt-food-network-wont-renew-paula-deens-contract-after-racial-slur-dilemma/ "The Food Network did issue a statement on the matter early on, saying the channel “does not tolerate any form of discrimination and is a strong proponent of diversity and inclusion. We...

Seriously? Is racism so deep-seated in the states, that no-one dares pass legislation to outlaw this ignorant and repulsive social modelling? Don't you people have a NOT-WHITE guy running the joint? Anybody can attend the "other" prom. (The integrated one) And then there's the "white only"...

Ok, so the tabloid feeding frenzy that was the John Terry racism trial is over.... Some interesting things to look at (even if you don't care about Terry or football...) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jul/13/john-terry-cleared-anton-ferdinand The question i'm interested in is, even...

One excuse is as good as another I guess. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/crime/alton-hayes-trayvon-martin-white-man-attacked-black-racist-racism-maywood-chicago-suburb-20120420

Judge Richard Cebull of Montana forwarded the following joke on his official e-mail: “A little boy said to his mother, ‘Mommy, how come I’m black and you’re white? His mother replied, ‘Don’t even go there Barack! From what I can remember about that party, you’re lucky you don’t bark!” He has...

At the local high school some of the kids have decided it is "cool" to spray paint swastikas on the pavement. This has unsettled some of the kids and upset some of the parents. So this all goes up before the school board who now want to force the students into more "diversity/tolerance" classes...

A landlord in Ohio posted a sign on the apartment pool as "Public Pool: Whites Only". She claimed that hair products from a black girl clouded the pool, so she was "protecting her assets" by posting the sign. A state panel, The Ohio Civil Rights Commission, upheld the decision (4-0 vote) to let...

The pastor tells the woman's parents, I don't want them here because I don't want my 3 year old granddaughter to grow up thinking it's ok to marry a black man. The church held a vote banning all interracial couples and the vote carried. Religious freedom trumps discrimination, I guess...

Found this article online. http://www.good.is/post/people-are-awesome-muslim-hate-crime-victim-petitions-to-save-his-attacker-s-life/

'Seriously McDonalds' Hoax-Pic Angers Internet, McDonald's Who can blame them for thinking this is real? The Internet has shown us that McDonald's really might create such a sign? WTF?

Check out this crazy lady's racist rant and physical assault on a black postal worker. Link She has since been placed under police protection.

...to a black couple. Couple charged with refusing to sell home to black buyers What confuses me about this, even beyond the racist ignorance, is how anyone can be subject to civil penalties for electing not to sell something they own, for any reason. Isn't it their property? They should be...

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/All-Black-People-Asked-to-Leave-South-Jersey-Walmart-88118157.html "A man used the public-address system at the Route 42 store in Washington Township Sunday night and calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/01/killing_nonwhit.html Yeah, Obama's election certainly has stopped racism.

A radio DJ said he "Lost a bet" after Obama's win, and did his show wearing blackface make-up yesterday morning. Here's the article, if you're so inclined to read it: http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2008/11/local-radio-hos.html

Unwelcome Visitors at the Ole Miss Debate: The Ku Klux Klan Awesome. Another good reason to vote for Obama.

Jeremiah Munsen, 18, and another individual allegedly conspired to intimidate African-American demonstrators at the Sept. 20 rally, crafting two nooses out of extension cords, attaching them to the back of the vehicle and repeatedly driving slowly by a group of marchers waiting at a bus depot to...

The admins of Stormfront.org (Arguably the most racist place in the galaxy) have gone out of their way to sticky this thread to the bottom of every page on the forum. RACISTS FOR RON PAUL!

Irrational Anti-Communism and the Fight Against Racial Equality Some time back, renata had a thread about the Talmud (and allegations of racism in it) in which Benjamin Freedman and his book Facts Are Facts came up. This past November I had a chance to get to a good library, and while...